How much revenue did Pro Cycling Manager 2018 make?

$52k–$140k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did Pro Cycling Manager 2018 sell?

Q: How many copies did Pro Cycling Manager 2018 sell?

13k to 21k copies, based on its 416 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 13k–21k; $52k–$140k after Steam's cut $95k–$216k before Steam's cut; from 416 reviews (Mostly Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid Pro Cycling Manager 2018 and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including Pro Cycling Manager 2018's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 21k–26k

best case 42k (Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame)

Games like Pro Cycling Manager 2018

A typical game among these

≈ 21k–26k copies

≈ $75k–$161k after Steam's cut

from ~438 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

1 of the 8 similar games is a hit.

Best case: Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame at ≈ 32k–52k copies, ≈ $177k–$476k after Steam's cut.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Simulation (8 of 8) and Sports (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Sports + Simulation, priced around $20.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2014 to 2023, and none of them shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 70 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Pro Cycling Manager 2023 2023	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $175k–$471k after Steam's cut $318k–$724k before Steam's cut	$39.99	642 reviews Mostly Positive	SimulationSports
Pro Cycling Manager 2016 2016	Est. copies ≈ 17k–27k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $46k–$123k after Steam's cut $83k–$189k before Steam's cut	$9.99	399 reviews Mixed	SportsSimulation
DUCATI - 90th Anniversary 2016	Est. copies ≈ 13k–20k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $34k–$92k after Steam's cut $63k–$142k before Steam's cut	$9.99	301 reviews Mostly Positive	MotorbikeSports
Pro Cycling Manager 2019 2019	Est. copies ≈ 21k–34k 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $58k–$156k after Steam's cut $106k–$241k before Steam's cut	$9.99	735 reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
Pro Cycling Manager 2015 2015	Est. copies ≈ 20k–32k SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $27k–$73k after Steam's cut $49k–$112k before Steam's cut	$4.99	406 reviews Mixed	SportsSimulation
Pro Cycling Manager 2014 2014	Est. copies ≈ 16k–25k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $43k–$115k after Steam's cut $77k–$176k before Steam's cut	$9.99	277 reviews Mixed	SimulationSports
Monster Energy Supercross - The Official Videogame 2018	Est. copies ≈ 32k–52k 2.4x vs typical SteamSpy 50k–100k	Est. revenue $177k–$476k after Steam's cut $322k–$733k before Steam's cut	$19.99	1k reviews Very Positive	SportsSimulation
Pro Cycling Manager 2017 2017	Est. copies ≈ 16k–26k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $44k–$119k after Steam's cut $81k–$184k before Steam's cut	$9.99	470 reviews Mostly Positive	SportsSimulation